Device for driving and bending headless tacks



.(No Model.)

0. HIGGINS 8a A. S. GONDIT.

DEVICE FOR DRIVING AND BENDING HEADLESS TACKS.

"zztffnew Patent-ed Mar. 2, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

OLIVER HIGGINS AND ALONZO SMITH OONDIT, OF NAPOLEON, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR DRIVING AND BENDING HEADLESS TACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,061, dated March 2,1886.

Application filed September 10, 1884. Serial No. 142,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OLIVER HIGGINS and ALONZO SMITH CONDIT, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Oarpet Fastener and Driver, of'which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this improvement is a device for driving headless tacks tobe driven into the floor near the wall, and for bending the samesuitably to make them operate as hooks, to be passed through the carpetand hold the same to the floor, and from which the carpet can be readilydisengaged without tearing or otherwise injuring its texture. Theseresults are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the drawingsherewith filed as part hereof, in which the same letters of referencedenote the same parts in the different views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tackdriver and carpet-fastenerembodying the features of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevationrepresenting a modified construction for the same. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection thereof more fully illustrating construction. Fig. 4 is arepresentation of the tack having a point at each end.

A is the tack having points a a at each end.

B is a square or round bar, provided with a longitudinal perforation, O,of less length than the tack A, in order that the latter, which is to beinserted in the perforation G, will project therefrom three-eighths ofan inch or more-the distance to which it is to be driven into the floor.E is a transverse perforation or slot in the body of the bar B, andextends through theside of the latter to the longitudinal perforation O,in order to make an entrance thereto for a lip or projection of aspring, D, secured by any suitable means to the side of the bar B.

Fis a transverse perforation extending from the side of the bar B acrossthe longitudinal perforation O, for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

In order touse the device the tack A is inserted as far as it will gointo the bar B, when the lip of the spring D will bear against and holdthe tack in position during the adjustment of the bar B preparatory todriving the tack, which is done by applying blows of a hammer or othersuitable instrument to the end of the bar B. When the tack is driven asfarras it will go, the bar B is removed and adjusted to the tack withthe latter in the transverse perforation F, and the bar B is then usedas a lever to bend the tack toward the wall in a suitable mannerto bepassed through the carpet and hold the same.

Having explained the construction and operation of our improvement, whatwe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The bar B, provided with the longitudinal perforation 0, slot orperforation E, and spring D, and the transverse perforation F, as andfor the purpose set forth.

OLIVER HIGGINS. ALONZO SMITH CONDIT. Witnesses:

lVIIOHAEL DONNELLY, J AMES DONOVAN.

